Advanced Research Projects Agency - EnergyMission: Develop nimble, creative & inventive approaches to transform the global energy landscape while advancing Americas technology leadership$151 million in funding announced in October 2009 in the first round of funding37 projects funded in 17 states

Advanced Research Projects Agency - EnergyRigorous review process with input from multiple review panels composed of leading U.S. energy science and technology experts and ARPA-E's program managers Evaluations were based on the potential for high impact on ARPA-E's goals and scientific and technical merit3,600+ initial concept papers received300 full applications requested

ARPA-E Awards by State

DOE ARPA-E Transformational Energy Research ProjectsStatePopulation (1)%DOE Grant Amount Received%Number of Awards%MA6,497,967 2%$33,276,10622%616%AZ6,500,180 2%$10,338,8567%25%CA36,756,666 12%$20,851,74414%719%CO4,939,456 2%$14,137,5499%25%CT3,501,252 1%$2,251,1831%13%DE873,092 0%$13,462,1629%25%IA3,002,555 1%$4,373,4883%13%IL12,901,563 4%$3,966,2393%25%IN6,376,792 2%$6,733,3864%13%MI10,003,422 3%$5,195,8053%25%MN5,220,393 2%$2,200,0001%13%MO5,911,605 2%$7,200,0005%13%NC9,222,414 3%$3,111,6932%13%NJ8,682,661 3%$1,000,0001%13%OH11,485,910 4%$17,511,40312%411%OK3,642,361 1%$3,000,0002%13%PA12,448,279 4%$2,466,7082%25%Total304,059,724 $151,076,32237

ARPA-E Awards by State

DOE ARPA-E Transformational Energy Research ProjectsAwards to StartupsAwards to Research InstitutionsStateNumber of Awards%Grant Amount%Number of Awards%Grant Amount%MA531%$26,326,48239%17%$6,949,62414%AZ00%$00%214%$10,338,85621%CA531%$15,098,38822%214%$5,753,35612%CO213%$14,137,54921%00%$00%CT00%$00%00%$00%DE00%$00%17%$4,462,1629%IA00%$00%17%$4,373,4889%IL00%$00%17%$1,715,7524%IN00%$00%00%$00%MI00%$00%17%$2,540,6315%MN00%$00%17%$2,200,0004%MO00%$00%00%$00%NC00%$00%17%$3,111,6936%NJ16%$1,000,0001%00%$00%OH213%$7,992,14412%17%$5,000,00010%OK16%$3,000,0004%00%$00%PA00%$00%214%$2,466,7085%Total16$67,554,56314$48,912,270

1366 Technologies, Inc.Project Description: Direct Wafer technology to form high efficiency monocrystalline-equivalent silicon wafers directly from molten siliconPotential to halve the installed cost of solar photovoltaicsPartnerships: MIT Lab for PV ResearchDOE Grant Amount: $4,000,000

Agrivida, Inc.Project Description: Cell wall-degrading enzymes grown within the plant itself that are activated after harvest, dramatically reducing the cost of cellulosic biofuels and chemicals Partnerships: N/ADOE Grant Amount: $4,565,800

FastCAP Systems CorporationProject Description: A nanotube enhanced ultracapacitor with energy density approaching that of standard batteries, but with many times greater power density and thousands of times the cycle lifeCould greatly reduce the cost of hybrid and electric vehicles and of grid-scale storagePartnerships: MITDOE Grant Amount: $5,349,932

FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp.Project Description: A new high efficiency shrouded wind turbine able to deliver significantly more energy per unit of swept areaCould also reduce noise and safety concerns, enabling distributed wind applicationsPartnerships: N/ADOE Grant Amount: $8,325,400

MITProject Description: An all liquid metal grid-scale battery for low cost, large scale storage of electrical energy This new class of batteries could enable continuous power supply from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar and a more stable, reliable gridPartnerships: N/ADOE Grant Amount: $6,949,624

Sun Catalytix CorporationProject Description: A novel catalyst to greatly enhance the efficiency of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygenAn important platform technology for the production of solar fuels and for distributed energy storage systemsPartnerships: N/ADOE Grant Amount: $4,085,350

****The ARPA-E awards reiterate that MA is very strong on the R side and R&D. Now we need to make sure we can bring the great research and new technologies through to commercialization. *Based in Lexington, MA. Goal is to make the cost of solar power competitive with coal power.Initial technology developed by the team at MIT. Co-founder and CTO Emanual Sachs, known for developing the string ribbon solar manufacturing technology that has been the key to Evergreen Solar's success, as well as 3D printing. *Based in Medford, MA. Agricultural biotechnology company developing energy crops designed to produce chemicals, fuels, and bioproducts from non-food cellulosic biomass. Founded in 2002 by researchers from MIT. *Based in Cambridge, MA. Technology developed over six years at MIT. It is an ultracapacitor that could offer energy densities approaching those of batteries, 20 times higher power densities than batteries, millions of full charge-discharge cycles, and projected costs lower than batteries by using only domestically abundant and eco-friendly raw materials. *Based in Wilbraham, MA. The company is adopting key advances in the aerospace industry to overcome limitations of the HAWT design. FloDesigns patented turbines use smaller and faster shielded-rotor blades to extract more power from the wind. The principles that drive this design are the same that FloDesign has previously used to design jet engines. *Based in Cambridge, MA. Professor Don Sadoway. Intends to develop a paradigm shifting new "all liquid metal" grid scale battery for low cost, large scale storage of electrical energy. If this project is successful, this new class of batteries will allow the U.S. to regain technology leadership in grid scale energy storage and enable constant energy supply from intermittent renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, and will enable their widespread deployment on the U.S. grid to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.*Based in Cambridge, MA. Intends to develop a unique technology to split water into hydrogen and oxygen under benign conditions to enable storage of intermittent renewable solar and wind energy for around-the-clock use. The technology could be very useful for developing reliable off-grid, distributed energy systems for remote camps, military operations and the developing world and provides a critical water oxidation platform technology for emerging direct solar fuels technologies.*